Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question:
THE OCEAN
Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface (an area of some 361 million square kilometers) is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas. Though generally recognized as several 'separate' oceans, these waters comprise one global, interconnected body of salt water often referred to as the World Ocean or global ocean. The major oceanic divisions are defined in part by the continents, various archipelagos, and other criteria: these divisions are (in descending order of size) the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean (which is sometimes subsumed as the southern portions of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans), and the Arctic Ocean (which is sometimes considered a sea of the Atlantic). The Pacific and Atlantic may be further subdivided by the equator into northerly and southerly portions. Smaller regions of the oceans are called seas, gulfs, bays and other names. There are also some smaller bodies of saltwater that are on land and not interconnected with the World Ocean, such as the Aral Sea, and the Great Salt Lake — though they may be referred to as "sea"', they are actually salt lakes. There are five oceans of the world: the Pacific Ocean the largest and deepest ocean of the world, the Atlantic Ocean the second largest and deepest ocean of the world, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean the smallest and shallowest ocean of the world.
Some vocabulary:
archipelagos: quần đảo
criteria: các tiêu chí
subsume: xếp vào, gộp vào
1. The word 'separate' in the sentence 2 mostly means ____________?
A. alone B. apart C. different D. lonely
2. All of the following are criteria to divide the World Ocean except _________ .
A. continent B. archipelagos C. size D. saltiness
3. It can be inferred from the passage that the seas are _____________ the oceans.
A. different from B. smaller than C. as large as D. saltier than
4. Which is the largest and deepest ocean of the world?
A. Pacific Ocean B. Atlantic Ocean
C. Indian Ocean D. Arctic Ocean
5. Which is the smallest and shallowest ocean of the world?
A. Pacific Ocean B. Atlantic Ocean
C. Indian Ocean D. Arctic Ocean
